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ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH <br /> BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING THE 2013 SALARY ORDINANCE (No. 10199-12) <br /> FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND NON-BARGAINING EMPLOYEES OF <br /> THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO ADDRESS CERTAIN ZOO <br /> EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> The Common Council approved Ordinance No 10199-12 establishing the 2013 <br /> maximum salary and wages for all non-bargaining employees of the City of South Bend, <br /> Indiana on October 29, 2012 (`The 2013 Non-bargaining Salary Ordinance). <br /> This Ordinance makes no adjustment in the salaries that were fixed in the 2013 <br /> Non-bargaining Salary Ordinance. However, the City is in the process of entering into a <br /> public/private partnership agreement ("the Agreement") with the Potawatomi Zoological <br /> Society ("the Society") for operation of the Potawatomi Zoo ("the Zoo'). <br /> The Agreement is expected to be reviewed and approved by the South Bend Parks <br /> Commission around December 16, 2013. and as a result, certain current employees of the <br /> City of South Bend will become employees of the Society. Because this will result in <br /> cessation of their rights and privileges as public employees under the Public Employees <br /> Retirement Fund ("PERF"), the Agreement will provide certain unique final <br /> compensation to these employees who are affected by the Agreement. This Ordinance is, <br /> therefore, conditioned upon approval of the Agreement. The appropriation for this unique <br /> compensation is part of the City's final additional appropriation Bill for 2013 filed <br /> separately with the Common Council. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL <br /> OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS FOLLOWS: <br /> SECTION 1. The 2013 Non-bargaining Salarti Ordinance be and hereby is <br /> amended to add a new Section V. and to renumber the former section V as section VI. <br /> The new Section V shall read as follows: <br /> SECTION V: Special Compensation to Former City Employees Who Will <br /> Become Emplovees of the Pota«atomi Zoological Society. <br /> Those City employees who will cease being employees of the City of South Bend <br /> and who will become employees of the Potawatomi Zoological Society <br /> ("Society') upon approval of an Agreement with the City Parks Commission, <br /> shall be entitled to receive a one- time payment equal to all accrued, unused <br /> vacation and sick pay as of the date of change in their employment status from <br /> City of South Bend employee to Society employee. Such affected employee with <br /> less than ten years of PERF qualified City service shall further be entitled to <br />